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5:40 AM ET, February 7, 2022

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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Deleted Abrams tweet shows how schools' COVID policies are in 2022 crosshairs  —  'Where is Stacey's mask?'  Perdue asks.  —  The tweet from Stacey Abrams seemed innocuous enough, promoting her appearance at a Decatur school honoring Black History Month.  —  But the pictures under …
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Adam Sabes / Fox News:   Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman caught maskless in New York high school with masked students
Souad Mekhennet / Washington Post:
Scholz says response to Russia will be ‘united and decisive’ if Ukraine is invaded  —  In an interview with The Post, the German chancellor, who meets President Biden on Monday at the White House, rejected criticism that his government has not done enough to support Ukraine.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Constitution  —  The former Veep stands up to Trump, despite the potential political cost.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The United States desperately needs a Republican Party that is a sane alternative to the ruling Democrats who have lurched to the coercive left.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2024 Watch: Trump-Pence chasm over Capitol attack widens amid fight for GOP future
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter  —  RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …
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Ben Paviour / VPM.org:
Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize  —  A consultant working for Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his official campaign account's attack on a 17-year-old high school student on Saturday night.  —  In a tweet that has since been deleted, the “Team Youngkin” …
Donald Judd / CNN:
President Biden to visit Israel ‘later this year,’ White House says  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden will visit Israel “later this year” after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett invited him to the country, according to a readout of a call between the two on Sunday released by the White House.
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The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s Call with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel  —  President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel to reaffirm the warm and historic partnership between the United States and Israel.
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:   U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office, August. Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Day Draws About 16 Million U.S. Viewers, 43% Lower Than in 2018  —  Preliminary figures from NBC reflect declining audience for the Games over recent Olympic cycles  —  The opening day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing drew nearly 16 million viewers in the U.S …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox Business:   Beijing Olympics: Coca-Cola quiet on Uyghur genocide after criticizing Georgia election law
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.
Discussion: Raw Story and Occupy Democrats
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Chris Cuomo Isn't Done with CNN  —  Now that Jeff Zucker is out, most people seem to think that Cuomo has lost whatever leverage he had over CNN.  But the legal drama surrounding Cuomo's case isn't so simple. … First it was the shock of rank-and-file staffers; then the impact on AT&T's spinoff …
Discussion: Coverage Notes
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy  —  If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long?  If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Memphis BLM founder Pamela Moses sentenced to 6 years for illegally voting  —  The founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Memphis has been sentenced to prison for six years for illegally registering to vote in Tennessee, prosecutors said.  —  Pamela Moses, the 44-year-old activist …
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Time For a Victory Lap*  —  *Some terms and conditions apply.  Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts.  Now inflation is testing its limits.  —  The sun was sinking low over Long Island Sound as Stephanie Kelton …
Discussion: Noahpinion
Financial Times:
Joe Biden must confront the left's cultural over-reach  —  Many liberal Americans too worry about the excesses of progressive activism  —  Last month, Bill Maher, a pot-smoking bachelor and no one's idea of a traditionalist, used his HBO talk show to attack America's political left.
New York Times:
California's Supreme Court Was Split.  Leondra Kruger Found the Center.  —  Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden's short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington.  —  SACRAMENTO — In 2014, when then-Governor Jerry …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes
Discussion: Insider, Washington Post and HotAir
 
 
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